Babism

Babism is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion which professes that there is one unknown and incomprehensible God who manifests his will through several manifestations, including the prophets Jesus and Muhammad. The religion was named for the Bab, a Persian merchant who founded the faith in 1844 and preached that another prophet would arrive in the style of Jesus and Muhammad. The religion flourished in Persia until 1852, but it was violently opposed by both clerical and government establishments. The Bab and thousands of his followers were executed in 1850, and his disciple Baha'u'llah went on to found the Baha'i faith in 1863.